A hospital managing involuntary or statutory inmates discharges its duty of care by making reasonable placement and supervision decisions in light of available resources, even where a patient is known to have violent tendencies, provided the hospital has monitored and reviewed the patient's placement through appropriate professional assessment. The duty is to take reasonable care, not to ensure safety absolutely. Resource constraints attributable to government funding are a legitimate factor in assessing reasonableness.
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